And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
- BSB And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
- NKJV And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
- NASB As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
- NLT As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”
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Quick answer
Elijah further asks the widow to bring him a piece of bread.
Overview
Elijah's added request for bread presses the widow to the limit of her meager resources, since she has barely enough for herself and her son. The request is, in effect, a call to put God's prophet, and thus God, first. It frames the test of faith that her response will answer.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Gen 24:18–19And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
- Gen 18:5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
- 1 Kgs 17:9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
- Heb 13:2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- Matt 25:35–40For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
- 1 Kgs 18:4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- Matt 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
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